Professor Peter Smedforson lives in a quiet college town, in the former home of E. R. Lennox, a poet whose writings are the subject of his scholarly life's work.

Reclusive Peter finds his sedate life suddenly turned upside down when he is invaded by Tammi, a free spirit whose luck has run out; by Judith, another Lennox scholar determined to unearth a lost manuscript in his home; and by Stuart, Judith's ex-husband who also wants to find the manuscript.

Peter is confronted with house breakers, mistaken identities and hide-and-seek chases as the characters bring everything to a hilarious denouement in this quick-witted comedy.